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Kitty tours place for rubbish English political leaders (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cabinet

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'political leaders' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'kitty tours place for rubbish english' is the wordplay.
'kitty' becomes 'cat'.
'tours' is an insertion indicator (tour can mean to go around).
'place for rubbish' becomes 'bin' (I've seen this in another clue).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'bin'+'e'='bine'
'cat' going around 'bine' is 'CABINET'.

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(Other definitions for cabinet that I've seen before include "Furniture item or collective government ministers" , "Piece of furniture for members of a government" , "Wooden box; committee" , "Can bite (anag.)" , "Piece of furniture or inner government group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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